This study assessed the relationship between the stage of breast cancer diagnosis and the area-level poverty in which the women lived when mammography screening was offered at no cost (author abstract). The conclusions showed that women who had more…

This study sought to examine the effect of prenatal poverty on the birth weight of infants (as birth weight can be a predictor for a range of outcomes for children) and subsequently, the effect that work-based welfare assistance, such as the EITC…

The Brookings Institution authored this report on new statistics that show suburban areas have the fastest growing poor population in the country. Specifically, between 2000 and 2008, suburbs’ poor populations grew by 25 percent, which equates to…

From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this report analyzes the effectiveness of America's work supports, such as earned income tax credits, public health insurance, child care assistance, and food stamps. For families, work supports…

This document provides the findings from a six-year study conducted in New York City on the ability of substance abusing TANF participants to obtain a job and remain employed. It was found that the overwhelming majority of substance abusing…

Although many public assistance recipients suffer from depression, few receive consistent treatment. This report on a telephonic care management program in Rhode Island that tried to encourage depressed parents who were receiving Medicaid to seek…